Cycling.

Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1898, Page 4 (Supplement)

Cycling.

[By Dagonet.] Smoking a pipe, in manner as affected by .omejEngliahriders, is unknoiwntothe wheelmen of •La llepublique.' In fact, pipes iv France are only emblems of the common class, if displayed in' the street or on the road. Never turn a sharp corner or pass across a road without giving some warning of your approach. Never ride in boots ; they impede ankle action, and when, knickerbockers are worn aro unsightly. If your chsan is not protected by a gear case, and it inquires lubricating at any time you may be out riding, and you have not your oilcan with you, a good, plan is to remove the reservoir from your lamp, detach burner, and rub the end of the wick (not the burning end) upon the chain, after which give the wheels a few turns to work the oil in. Wipe oft any grit from the wick before replacing 1 . Tile chain, after this treatment, will run easily. When a bicycle is properly adjusted, the wheels uhould swiojf backwards and forwards by the weight of the valves when lifted from the ground. The bones and musfcles of the human body, it is said, are capable of over 1200 different movements, a fact which the beginner fully reali»3B the day after a lesson. Don*% use a sparftier as if you were competing in a tug -of- war. The threads on most of tho screws and nuts of a cycle are v?ery delicate, and' a spanner ehould be used with great care. Dton't Waste Energy.— 'lTiiat "tired feeling ' after a cycling r«ui is caused by over-exertion. Perhaps your gear is too high, or a judicious oiling may prevent a recurrence of this evil. Early Morning Riding. — A ride should never be taken iv ithe morning before breakfast without first -teiking a little light food of some kind, prtjfejrably hot milk and ' biscuits or a slice or two of bread and butter. Should anyparfe.oßyojar bicycle rattle or Bqueak, find out the reason at once, and remedy it ; as not only »xre auch noises very irritating- to the norvwt but it ahows that some part of the madbfifitirequireH attention. Self-healing tysees e&fita. to have fallen into disrepute. Jt Itoo<ked Kite a great invention, but. ft Was iftxtmd that the healing liquid rotted the ruijffojor, and therefore it was cheaper in the eMidNto repair punctures in the old way;.